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Display mass of multiple parts

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Anthony
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Display mass of multiple parts

Is there a way to display the mass of a selection of parts through iProperties ? Similarly to the way to show the mass of a single part but but selecting multiple parts and getting their collective mass ?

Anthony Goodwin ~ Cad Manager/Senior Designer
Autodesk Inventor Professional 2013 SP2 64-Bit Edition
Windows 7 HP Z400, Intel Xeon W3550 3.07GHz
12.0GB RAM, ATI FirePro V4800 (FireGL)
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Cadmanto
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Anthony,

I am not sure if this will help you, but if you go to the styles editor, under parts list you can either create a new parts list style, or modify the existing.  Either way there is an option that allows you to add a "MASS" column.  This way it would give you the mass for each member of your assembly in the BOM.

 

mass.JPG

Best Regards,
Scott McFadden
(Colossians 3:23-25)


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cwhetten
in reply to: Cadmanto

You can do something similar to what Scott has suggested in the assembly file itself.  Open the BOM of the assembly (Assemble tab > Manage > Bill of Materials).  Click on Choose Columns (see image) and double-click the Mass property.  This will list the mass of each component of the assembly (parts and subassemblies).

 

BOM Mass.png

 

However, if I understand your question correctly, you are asking how to show the TOTAL mass of all selected components?  That's a little trickier.  There is no quick tool for that, but there are ways to get what you want.  Is it just for a quick check, or do you need to display this info on a drawing somewhere or use it in a formula? 

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